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FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Yesterday’s temperatures were no April Fools’ joke. The mercury climbed to 76 degrees in Bismarck, breaking a 36-year-old record. Meanwhile, yesterday’s low of 50 degrees was also unusually high. It smashed a 113-year-old record.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will hold a series of spring advisory board meetings around the state next week. The meetings give members of the public a chance to discuss fish and wildlife issues and ask questions. Deer management will be one of the main topics of the spring meetings.

ROSS, N.D. (AP) – A weekend crash in the western North Dakota oil patch killed the driver of a semitrailer. Forty-nine-year-old Larry Becker of Lewistown, Montana was driving a semi that rear-ended another semi in Mountrail County. The driver of the second truck wasn’t hurt.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A regional survey says rising fuel prices haven’t slowed economic expansion in the Midwest and Plains. The region’s economic index has been improving for five straight months. New survey data released today includes information from North Dakota and eight other states.